Dr Kelp (aka Grant) is a reader from way back (remember Janet and John). On this blog he shares his conventional, and not so conventional views. The subjects covered will be eclectic and a free form rave about life and its vagaries but will focus on books, poetry and the reading experience...

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Reading - a veritable Magic Carpet

Before I had even got out of bed this morning I had travelled to Africa (20 Chickens for a Saddle), Croatia (Finding O'Dwyer) and colonial New England (The Americans: The Colonial Experience). I don't even think the Space Shuttle could cover that distance so quickly.
Reading is a truly wonderful journey into the imagination, the past, present and future. In a book you can be married/single, black/white, male/female, Muslim/Christian, Rich/poor without even going out of the house.
Ever since I cut my teeth on Janet and John in the early 1960's, I have been an avid reader.
There is nothing like it.
Have a good day.
DK
First published on Qassia